[clue] File Permissions with Linux Mint 17 and LibreOffice 1.4.2.7

[Charles W Downing]

Thanks, David.


On 04/01/2015 11:30 AM, David L. Willson wrote:
> Do they need to be able to modify your documents?
>
> If not, consider exporting PDF. They will get a high-fidelity, but 
> read-only "printed" version of your doc. That's what I do, most of the 
> time.
>
> If they need to edit your documents, consider using a more primitive 
> format. Rather than .docx or .xlsx, use .doc, .rtf, .html, .txt, .tdv 
> and so on. Maximize the ratio of information to decoration.
>
> Consider having another person, someone that can send documents 
> everyone can use, originate all the documents, so that you're editing 
> their format, rather than them editing yours.
>
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> David L. Willson
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> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
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>
>     Gang,
>
>     I have been a "clue" for about 15 years.  I am on a Board made up
>     of Mac and Windows users.  I need to share files with all of
>     them.  However, when I save a LibreOffice Writer or Calc file as
>     docx or xslx, a couple of them cannot open it.  One of them claims
>     to have Windows 8.x, while the other has a Mac laptop.
>
>     I have spent the better part of today trying various options to
>     save a file from Calc because of various "default" permissions
>     settings using umask and other things, as suggested from Google
>     searchs.  Nothing seems to work.
>
>     My problem seems to be that I sometimes forget to change the
>     permissions of a file before I attach it to an e-mail.  Even then,
>     this week, the Mac user has been unable to open a spreadsheet,
>     possibly because her program has some default setting.
>
>     Help!
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     -- 
>     Chuck Downing
>     Highlands Ranch, CO USA
>
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Chuck Downing
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